We're sorry that we needed to "get in touch with ourselves." Now we are a bunch
of blubbering, daytime-television watching crybabies, constantly looking for the next
self-improvement fad to come along.

We're sorry for wanting to be more open and accepting. It made us turn our backs on our
nation's heritage in the name of tolerance.

We're sorry that because we didn't want to be selfish like we thought our parents were, we
supported a welfare system that imprisoned the poor by pretending to be daddy.

We're sorry we viewed sex as free love. We didn't see the skyrocketing divorce rates and
record breaking teenage pregnancies that were sure to come.

We're sorry for mocking religion. We thought it was too unsophisticated. Now our kids
can't say grace in school, see the Ten Commandments on the wall or put on a pageant at
Christmas time.

We're sorry that we wanted to liberate society from the old-fashioned rules that our
parents' generation embraced. We were sure that there was no right or wrong. Now we have
increased dishonesty, corruption and crime at the highest levels of our land.

We're sorry that our generation protested a war we didn't like. We didn't realize our
peacenik mentality would turn our military into a pizza delivery service.

We're sorry for wanting to get rid of prejudice. We believed in the brotherhood of man. We
never thought our government would discriminate instead.

We're sorry that in wanting to treat women fairly, we tore moms away from their homes and
their kids.

We're sorry that although we fancied ourselves as being free of the trappings of fashion
and vanity, we have now become a self-obsessed, tummy-tucked, liposucked, petty people who
refuse to grow up or grow old.

Most of all, we're sorry for all of the good intentions that went awry.

Our penance will be spending the rest of our days convincing you that we were wrong.